I Upended Yet Another Campus Urban Legend

Lin Yi’s hand shook and the fragment fell to the ground with a ‘crack’. 

He wasn’t about to pick up the shard again.

Lin Yi might second guess himself about hearing the creak of a door, but he wouldn’t doubt whether he was seeing things. He believed in his eyesight. Even though he just had a hasty glance just now, Lin Yi was sure that there was something lying on his back.

Lin Yi: “…”

It would have been fine if he hadn’t seen it. Now that he has seen it, Lin Yi felt his back turn heavy. It felt like his back was tightly pressed against a piece of ice, turning him cold all over. 

He began to wonder what crab pancakes looked like and whether the crabs being made into crab pancakes were male or female. If the female crab is pregnant with eggs, do you have to wait until the eggs hatch before making it into pancakes?

How much is a crab pancake? Is his monthly living budget enough to buy one…

Lin Yi thought about the crab pancakes to relieve the fear in his heart while looking for the power line. Fortunately he found it. At the lower right side of the wall where the TV should have been, there was an electric switch.

He wasn’t sure if this switch was what he was looking for but he reached out and tried it.

Snap

He flipped the switch up.

There was a “sizzle” sound throughout the whole villa, interrupting the group’s discussions. They thought something terrible had happened and for a while, no one made a sound.

Fortunately, in the next second, the lights in the living room finally turned on. 

Because of age, there weren’t a lot of lights that successfully turned on. But there was enough that they wouldn’t have to go blindly in the dark.

Lin Yi was actually quite nervous. After turning on the switch, he looked towards the crowd. The two extra ‘persons’ were still among them. Lin Yi thought that screams would erupt in the living room now that the lights were on but no such thing happened.

Lin Yi had seen it in the blink of an eye. The same moment when the lights came on, the two ‘persons’ who were mixed in amongst them disappeared and only the students of the Unnatural Engineering University were left in the living room.

Lin Yi paused for a moment then looked down at the broken shards at his feet. 

Only his reflection could be seen in the fragments. That thing on his back was gone. Everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

Of course, for Lin Yi, everything had turned peaceful but and for most of the group, it had always been peaceful. They hadn’t seen anything, after all.

Only Ou Ying’s face was pale, looking very uncomfortable.

Lin Yi saw Luo Yi say something to Ou Ying, looking concerned. Ou Ying hesitantly shook her head. 

Lin Yi knew what had happened. He saw it when he counted the heads. One of the extra three had been on Ou Ying’s left.

Cheng Yang beckoned towards Lin Yi, signaling Lin Yi to come back quickly.

Qin Zhou and Luo Yi were discussing about finding clues because their daytime hours was about to run out. Luo Yi was assigning tasks to everyone in order to improve the efficiency of their search.

How could Cheng Yang dare to look for clues alone? He wanted to be with Lin Yi, but he was still pretending to be mute so he had to ask Lin Yi to help him. 

Lin Yi received Cheng Yang’s distress signal and walked over quickly.

Luo Yi was asking Cheng Yang, “Cheng Yang Tongxue since you’re timid, you can stay in the living room and look for clues, okay?”

He thought he was looking out for Cheng Yang but Cheng Yang’s face filled with horror.

No, he doesn’t want to! 

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Seeing Lin Yi approaching, Luo Yi said, “Little genius, you’re coming with us to the third floor.”

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He gave the four of them a warning. “It’s fine if you choose not to go. Clues are exchanged for clues. If you don’t have any clues to share then you can just wait for death.”

The four people were too frightened to say anything, they could only nod their heads in agreement. 

Chen Jinnan, Zhou Gan, Li Dang and Su Tianle were in charge of the villa’s second floor. The four of them were used to following the student union’s arrangements and they had no objections.

In the end, Lin Yi and the three leaders of the student union were to head to the villa’s third floor. When they entered the villa from the outside, they saw that the villa had three floors.

If Lin Yi had said that he wanted to stay with Cheng Yang, it would have disrupted Luo Yi’s arrangement.

As he was drafting what to say in his heart and preparing to speak, Ou Ying’s face finally eased a little and she said, “Don’t act alone. It’s best to go around in groups of twos or threes.” 

Luo Yi didn’t quite approve. He glanced into the kitchen and saw the figure of the woman in red. It seemed that dinner was almost ready.

“Ou Ying Jiejie, the villa is too big.” Luo Yi said, “It’s almost evening, if we don’t find something, this is going to be a tough night.”

Especially since the woman in red said in her Anke game that there were three ghosts among them who wanted to kill them.

It was very likely that there would be three people who would be targeted tonight. 

On top of that, this was a Rule World that has remained unsolved for over a decade. The later they find clues, the worse it will be for them.

Ou Ying shook her head and said, “I didn’t say anything just now because I was afraid of scaring you.”

This was definitely a preamble to bad news. Luo Yi and Qin Zhou looked at Ou Ying. Qin Zhou asked, “What is it?”

Ou Ying said, “The three ghosts have already appeared.” 

Cheng Yang couldn’t hold back a panicked “Squeak!!!”

Just now, he had a feeling that his surroundings was growing colder and colder. He thought his mind was playing tricks on him because of how scared he was. He didn’t expect things to actually be like this!

Ou Ying looked at Luo Yi and said, “Just now, you asked me what I was muttering about.”

“I mistook one of the ghosts for you and I was explaining the game to it.” Ou Ying still felt scared when she recalled it. She took a deep breath and told everyone again what she had said to the ghost: “This is an Anke game.” 

“Obviously, this is not just a mere word game. What she said will come true.” Speaking of this point, Ou Ying’s voice was a little uneasy. “So to find clues, two or three people should search together. It’s safer this way. If you go alone…”

Lin Yi understood what Ou Ying meant.

The three ghosts were obviously related to the 2-6 Rule; just like how windows were a dangerous existence in the 7-7 Rule World and was also closely related to the rules of death.

Applied to the 2-6 Rule World, these three ghosts were like the windows. 

The open window was a signal that the rules of death have come knocking, with the corresponding rule of death being failure to prevent the vase girl from crawling in and being seen by her.

Now, the three ghosts must also be a signal of that the rules of death have appeared but as to what exactly this rule of death is, they still didn’t know.

That was why, two or three people needed to work together — in case one of them unfortunately dies tonight, those who are with them would know what the dead did and the survivors could then infer the rules of death from what the deceased had done.

Qin Zhou frowned and asked Ou Ying, “How are you now?” 

Luo Yi also cast a worried glance at Ou Ying. Ou Ying put on a brave face and said, “I’m fine. Let’s look for clues first.”

Luo Yi had to make new arrangements. Before Luo Yi did so, Lin Yi said, “Xue Chang, can I stay with Cheng Yang?”

“Okay.” Luo Yi agreed.

“Then, we’ll do it this way. Same as the arrangement just now, those who were assigned to the first floor will still search the first floor. Same goes for the second floor. Just don’t act alone. Find as many clues as you can. After 20 minutes, return to the living room and we’ll exchange information.” Luo Yi said. 

Although what Ou Ying revealed scared them, everyone still nodded.

Death was far worse than fear.

It was a pity that just when everyone had accepted Luo Yi’s arrangement, the woman in red reappeared.

“My friends,” said the woman in red. “Dinner is ready, please move to the dining hall for dinner.” 

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

They were too late.

Like lunch, dinner was bloody.

The woman in red was enjoying the meal. Looking at the 13 people with foul expressions, the woman in red was puzzled, “Aren’t you going to eat?” 

Luo Yi didn’t say a word this time. Dinner was the transition between daytime and nighttime. None of them wanted to end this transition, even if this transition did make their stomachs churn with nausea.

The woman in red paid no further attention to them. After she was full, she wiped her lips with a silk napkin. She then said, “Everyone can choose any room they wish. Please let me know if there is anything you need. I hope you all have a good night.”

No one thanked her but the woman in red didn’t mind. She left the dining hall and walked up the stairs. She walked silently so no one knew whether she had gone to the second or third floor.

The rest of the people couldn’t school their expression anymore. Zeng Jing stared at Ou Ying. “What should we do now? We don’t have any clues! It’s all your fault for wasting time!” 

Gao Xu looked angrily at student union members; finally settling his eyes on Ou Ying. Not daring to provoke the boys, he picked the only girl present to vent his fear and resentment on. “I really hope that you’re the one who dies tonight! ”

Qin Zhou lifted Gao Xu’s collar and swung him against the wall. “If there’s something you’re unhappy about, you come look for me.”

Gao Xu groaned because of the collision. Seeing Qin Zhou’s cold gaze, he didn’t dare speak.

Luo Yi also gave Gao Xu a backhanded slap. 

Cheng Yang, next to Lin Yi was also furious. If Lin Yi hadn’t put him on ‘mute’, he would have gone several rounds with this bastard Gao Xu.

Meanwhile, Lin Yi lowered his head unnaturally.

“Zhou Ge, Luo Yi, forget it.” Ou Ying said, “It’s already dark.”

There were rooms on each floor of the three-storey villa. Ou Ying proposed for people to pair up and room together. 

“She didn’t stipulate how many people needed to be in each room. We all have to look out for each other. We can help each other in case of danger.” Ou Ying said, “There are 13 of us. If we all pair up, there’s only one person extra. I’ll room by myself.”

Chen Jinnan said, “Ou Ying Jie, although as a girl, it’s inconvenient for you to room with us, at a time like this, wouldn’t it still be better to room together? As you said, the NPC didn’t specify the number of people in a room, so while two people can room together, three people rooming together should also be no problem.”

Ou Ying shook her head. “It’s fine. I’ll stay by myself.”

Chen Jinnan wanted to keep persuading her but Ou Ying said, “That’s my final decision. It’s getting late, you guys hurry and pair up.” 

Chen Jinnan said, “Ou Ying Jie!”

Neither Qin Zhou nor Luo Yi spoke and Chen Jinnan didn’t understand the reason for Ou Ying’s insistence.

Ou Ying rooming alone was actually to protect them. She had communicated with a ghost. If this was a rule of death, tonight, the ghosts will come to her and anyone rooming with her will be in danger.

“It’s fine. Don’t try to persuade her anymore.” 

Luo Yi understood Ou Ying’s character and after telling Chen Jinnan to zip it, he said, “I don’t think I need to arrange room assignments. You can choose your room after you form a pair.”

Cheng Yang immediately eagerly turned to Lin Yi. Lin Yi scratched his head. “Well… I’ll also room by myself.”

Cheng Yang: “???”

The others didn’t react but Qin Zhou, Luo Yi and Ou Ying looked at Lin Yi in surprise and they immediately understood what Lin Yi was implying. 

Lin Yi has also had contact with the ghosts.

Luo Yi was stunned and said, “Then you and Ou Ying Jie will room together.”

Lin Yi said, “Okay.”

Cheng Yang turned eyes, sad with being abandoned, at Lin Yi. Luo Yi said to Cheng Yang, “I’ll room with you.” 

Then Luo Yi looked at Qin Zhou. “Zhou Ge, should we three room together?”

Qin Zhou agreed.

Everyone had no choice but to choose partners at random.

Lin Yi and Ou Ying’s room was the innermost one down the second floor corridor. When Lin Yi was about to enter the room, Qin Zhou called him, “Little genius, come here.” 

Knowing that Qin Zhou wanted to say something to Lin Yi in private, Ou Ying said, “Go on, I’ll leave the door open for you.”

Lin Yi went to Qin Zhou.

“Little genius.” Qin Zhou asked him, “Who was the other one?”

There were three ghosts in total. Ou Ying had been targeted and so was Lin Yi. There was one other ghost but it was possible the targeted person wasn’t even aware of it. 

But Qin Zhou knew about Lin Yi’s night vision ability and he knew that Lin Yi must have seen it.

Lin Yi thought for a while and said, “Senior, give me your hand.”

Qin Zhou: “What are you doing?”

Regardless, he stretched out his hand. 

Lin Yi wrote a name on Qin Zhou’s palm with his index finger.

Lin Yi said, “That’s him.”

Qin Zhou’s expression froze.

Lin Yi didn’t leave immediately. Instead, he stared at Qin Zhou and asked nervously, “Does Senior know whose name I wrote?” 

His heart was beating furiously in his chest.

He hadn’t written the character using the normal stroke order; you could say it was a very unexpected way to write it. But he was sure it was impossible for Qin Zhou not to recognize this name, unless he was the 2-6 Monster.

Because what he wrote was — Qin Zhou.

Lin Yi asked, “Can Senior read it out loud?”